Which London airport for arrival?

I am looking at flight alternatives from Amsterdam to London and as I am using miles the fare differences are not a consideration, but I would like suggestions regarding which London airport to select. We are staying at the JW Grosvenor and trying to determine which of the three is the best location to transfer to the hotel, LCY, LHR, or LGW? We will be using LHR for the trip back to the States.

shashack, a lot of people on here are more in the know than me, but your question may fall off before anyone sees it. I usually arrive from North America so generally stuck with LHR, I am tagging brightlybob because he is in and out of london all the time.

I have only used LCY once, I found it easy to get in and out of and there was a good transit connection into the city core. The other two are large international airports with all of the issues that come with that, all of which are manageable but more expensive and slower.

I don't think there's that much in the choice, you see the downside if the JW is its local subway station, Marble Arch which is on the central line, and connecting from any London airport to it is going to require a change.

1. LCY - about 10m - this is a small airport with its own stop on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Here you take the DLR to Bank and Central line to Marble Arch. It's the shortest of all the journeys, only requiring one change.

2. LHR - about 20m - busy, busy busy, but the excellent, though not cheap, Heathrow Express gets you to Paddington in 15 mins. From there if you like walking you could walk it, probably about half an hours walk, or get the circle line tube to Notting Hill Gate and central line to Marble Arch. 2 changes here.

3. LGW - about 50m - smaller and less busy than LHR, easier to navigate to the convenient Gatwick Express which takes you to Victoria in about 30 mins. From there it's circle line tube to Notting Hill Gate and central line to Marble Arch. This is also 2 changes and also the longest journey, though not by that much.

If everything were absolutely equal in flight cost and convenience I'd choose LCY...

Which airport into which you might fly depends on your originating point most of the time. However, if you have a choice, I'd suggest Gatwick Airport, which is smaller and less congested. Also, you can take a train from inside the airport to downtown London (Victoria Station, if I remember correctly) - approximately 45 minutes - and you can take taxi from there to hotel.